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Penguin Random House South Africa

Categories: Local Non-Fiction, Nature & Natural History, Non-Fiction, Adult
ISBN: 9781775848097
Published: September 2025
Imprint: Struik Nature
Page Extent: 488
Format: Flexible plastic / vinyl cover
RRP 750.00

The Last Lions

Colin Bell, Don Pinnock

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Lions are the stuff of legends. Revered and feared in equal measure, both majestic and terrifying, they once reigned supreme over an extensive domain. But this once-dominant beast’s original range has contracted by some 85%, and the world population is thought to have dropped to just over 20,000 individuals. The IUCN Red Data List now classifies lions as Vulnerable, and the West African subpopulation as Critically Endangered. Not only are lion numbers crashing, but the remaining populations cling to their existence on ever smaller, more fragmented pockets of land. Feared and despised by farmers trying to eke out a living on marginal land, lions are increasingly being exterminated or repurposed for commercial gain. Trophy hunters pay extortionate sums to bag specimens in...

About the Author

Colin Bell

Colin Bell

Colin Bell landed his first job as a safari guide in Botswana in 1977, after completing an economics degree at Wits University in South Africa. He is a passionate wildlife conservationist and has co-authored two books on wildlife and the environment – Africa’s Finest and The Last Elephants.

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Don Pinnock

Don Pinnock

DR Don Pinnock is an environmental and investigative journalist with Daily Maverick and former editor of the travel magazine Getaway. He is a criminologist and historian by training and has written or co-authored 18 books, many of them on environmental issues. These include The Last Elephants and The Last Lions, which address the alarming state of the lion and elephant populations in Africa. He has won two Mondi Awards for his environmental columns, the City Press Non-Fiction Award for his book Gang Town, and his novel on Khoisan magic, Rainmaker, was shortlisted for the

European Union Literary Award.

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